Pajama garment



March 20, 1934. Y. C EL 1,951,450

PAJAMA GARMENT Filed May 20, 1953 av. vzm-mmmx- Patented Mar. 20, 1934 UNITED STATES PAJAMA GARNIENT George Y. Sochel, Asbury Park, N, J., assignor t Steiner r y Corporation, Baltimore, Md., a, corporation of Maryland a Application May 20, 1933, Serial No. 672,032

4 Claims. (Cl. 52-237) The invention relates to a pajama trousers or similar garment having a supporting belt which is provided with a combination of drawstring and elastic take up, the latter being conveniently Q removable so that if the elastic element is found objectionable or for any reason loses its elasticity, it may be removed. Then the drawstring will become eifective and may be used as the sole means for taking up the belt and supporting the LIE garment. Also, the elastic takeup band may be easily removed to avoid injury in laundering and as easily replaced.

The combination of the invention is of dis tinct advantage as, while some customers prefer E the elastic take up, others find it objectionable either on account of the relatively short length of life or for other reasons, and prefer the drawstring, so that previously to the production of the new form of belt two types of garment must U be manufactured and kept in stock. Also, unless an expensive and highly durable rubber composition is employed in the belts which depend solely on this for their take up and supporting effect, the rubber loses its resilience so that there is no Q satisfactory means for supporting the garment when it must be discarded or various unsightly expedients must be employed to support the garment.

In the product of the invention these various difiiculties are overcome and a garment of pleasing appearance is produced combining the advantages of the automatic and yielding takeup of the elastic belt and the durability and positive action of the drawstring. p

In the accompanying drawing I have illustrated a garment embodying the features of the invention in the preferred form.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front perspective view of the garment in the position in which it is worn, the outline of the upper garment immediately above the waist being indicated in dotted lines.

Figure 2 is a front view showing the garment open with the rear portion of the belt containing the elastic element or rubber contracted to what may be termed its normal position.

Figure 3 is a rear view showing the elastic band contracted.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary View of the waist portion of the garment showing the point of meeting of the elastic element with the draw string. Figure 5 shows the elastic element removed.

Figure 6 is a section on the line 5, 5 in Figure 4.

Referring to the drawing by numerals, each of 55 which is used to indicate the same or similar parts in the different figures, the illustration comprises a pajama trousers garment 1 with the usual front opening or fly 2 which is closed in any suitable manner and a tubular waistband 3. This tubular waistband is slotted or slitted at the rear at 5 and 6, at points suitably spaced from the center providing openings on the inside of the garment extending vertically for substantially the entire width of the waist band and immediately beyond these slots the tubular portion of the waistband is crossed by a vertical seam or stitching as at '7, adjacent each opening 5, 6, and just beyond each stitching 7 0n the side toward the front of the garment, buttonholes 8, 9, 11, and 12 are formed.

In the illustration, which relates to the preferred embodiment of the garment, there are two of these buttonholes adjacent each opening 5, 6, one at the top and the other at the bottom, and they are disposed in the direction of the length 75'. of the fly, but it will be understood that these details may be varied in accordance with the-convenience and preference of the manufacturer. In the form illustrated, the draw string is=formed in two pieces, or there are two such strings 10, 14. An end of each drawstring is secured by the stitching forming the top buttonhole, the ends being thus secured to the rear wall of the flat tube 3 at the buttonholes 8, 11, or the separate ends of the two strings 10 and 14. may be secured in any suitable manner to the tubular waistband at this point.

The drawstring 10, 14 at each side extends from the slots 5 and 6 through the tubular portion 3 of the garment to the front opening 2, the ends 90 16 projecting outwardly therefrom to be tied into a knot or secured in any convenient manner as illustrated. j

Connecting the inner or rear ends of the drawstring 10, 14 between the slots 5 and 6 is the elastic member or strip 17. This in the form of the invention shown consists of a band of knitted mesh fabric preferably of an elastic nature, containing longitudinally extending rubber strips or fibers 18 about which the fabric is woven or 1199 knitted. This elastic band 1'7 in the form of the invention shown is in its normally relaxed condition of a length of nine or ten inches. As shown, it is turned over at the ends at 20 and the portion of the band thus doubled at each end has m5 secured to it at the top and bottom corners the buttons 21.

To assemble the garment in its operative form to be sold, the band 17 is passed through the tubular belt 3 from the slot 5 to the slot 6 so that 119 and 12 to the front opening where they project,

from the end of tube 3 on each side of the front opening 2.

When the garment is worn, with the elastic band in place and in good condition, the: drawstrings are drawn forwardly and tied as shown,

in Figure 1, the resiliency of the rubber regulat: ing the tension of the waistband and serving to support the garment. When the rubber loses its; resilience or is removed, the rear portion of the tubular waistband between the buttonholes 8,- 9, H- and 12 becomes extended and the tension is taken up by the drawstring which gathers the fabric formingthe tube at the front between the front opening 2 and the buttonholes 8, 9, 10 and 1-1, so that the garment is converted into the drawstring type. v

accordance with the construction shown, when the elastic band is serving its purpose of gathering the garment at the rear, the front por} tion of the belt lies" flat so that the garment, see Figure 1, has a more sightly appearance than the ordinary type of drawstring or elastic belt garwhich the gathering takes place throughout the circumference. The removable feature of the elastic band is also available in laundering, the elastic band being removed to avoid injury to the rubber incident to this process, and it is 6 also available for purposes of replacement. 4

These latter features are minor and incidental to the combination feature described.

I have thus described specifically and in detail a pajama garment embodying the features of my invention in the preferred form in order that the manner of constructing, applying, op cratin andusing the same may be fully understood, however, the specific terms herein are used in a descriptive rather than in a limiting sense, the scope of the invention being defined in the claims.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Lett s Pa 5 v i V 1. In a pajama trousers having a front opening and a supporting belt comprising a waistband of tubular form having an elastic band, in the rearportion of the tube, extending alongthe tube in the direction of the waistline thewaistband b ing slotted adjacent each end of the elastic band and being provided with removable fastenings for the elastic band at each end of the same, and two separate drawstrings one secured adjacent each removable fastenings and extending forwardly through the tube and protruding therefrom at each side of the front opening to provide for tying.

2. In a pajama trousers garment having a front fly opening, a supporting belt comprising a waistband of tubular form having an elastic band in the rear portion of the tube extending in the direction of the length of the tube, the tube having an opening near each end of the elastic band and the elasticv band having a removable fastening at each end, a drawstring on each side of the garment, the respective drawstrings being secured adjacent the ends of the elastic band and extendingforwardly through the tube and protruding therefrom at each side of the front opening to provide for tying, the area of the garment beneath the elastic band being full tozprovide for plaiting due to the takeup of the elastic portion of the belt and thefront portion beneath the draw string being adapted to fitthe form of the weareim T 3. In a: pajama trousers garment having'fa front opening, a supporting belt comprising a waistband of tubular form having an elastic band in the rear portion of the tube extending in the direction of the length of the tube, the waist band being slotted and being provided with removable fastenings for the elastic band at each end, said fastenings comprising buttonholes in the rear wall of the tube and buttons on the ends of the band to engage the buttonholes, and draw strings secured by stitching adjacent the ends of the elastic band. and extending forwardly throughthe tube. and protruding therefrom on each side of the front opening to provide for tying. v

4. A pajama trousers garment having a front opening, a tubular waistband extending from. said opening around the waistline'of the'garment, said tube being slotted at the back on each side of the center, an elastic band'in said tube extending along the rear of. the waistband from one slot to the other, means for removably fastenfit ing the ends of the elastic band to the tube adja- GEORGE Y. SOCHEL.

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